Door latch



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w. KIRN DooR LATCH Filed Dec. 21. 1925 2 Sheets-sheet 1 www; 2/ 7 /6 V w. KIRN DOOR LATCH Feb.' 1 5, 1927.

2 sheets-sheet 2 File@ Dec 21,' 1925 i bod-yingfthe `invention.

'YPatented Feb. l5, 1927..

i Y u implication-'mea necemb'emL-asas. gsfiaifmflaevle;

`lhis;invent-ion relatesto resilient latchesl principle or modefof operation of-.my slididoor-A latelrpatentedon ,June 2,1925, No. 't

-rxnemhe'rlarecombinediii-oneeleinent. I

Another @object is to produce ,a sliding -fdoor flateh Y'i-orming auv improvement. over the latohficlisolosedyin `lnyfsai'd patentythe.- i mpuoveinent *consisting inthe' disclosure ol; g

ure 125) ,andgatv the'wdesiredfpoint turns *at right angles and Y pirojleivzuts through..la'V slotv 1or f nieans whereby the ,operating latchI barinay i lbe; I Jrojected through the inner face' Yof the 1d0or1v for operation *or fthe; latelij '-,as ,f idistinfiguriShe'idpfro,1in.I av separate operating means ati-V' Y v 1 han fThe'latehbar Seis., ofi-'oourse@formed f frAfS'tilhfurther object is to*v produceadou-V I /gb'lelagteh,-Wliichimayfbe employed; tolatch a.

. QQ'fggatey. door or; the-likeat the top and bottoml t'hereof, rthis constructionl being especially a taehed-gtoY the "latoh-N bar.

desirableon hog and sheep pi'ooffence; gates nsandztherlike. 1

il/Vith Athe;generalf.objects named in vieux' -rtlle-iiir`rventon; Cons1sts of; certain novel and :tnunderstood5't15eferen'ce:is to behad to the ac-I companying drawings;'inWhiuh:' Y f i Figure lfis yafbreken;facefvievv of the eX- i temorfside )of a SwingingV doorfandv late'h einum nner-LH againstithe v .inner Y tace 14ofggthe closure 4lil by prneans of aiy bearingplate, .i comprising ;-`aflat A .fFigure' y6 is aiseet-ion onthelineVI-VI vliflatch lelhbodyingfithe invention;

p* 'tof Figure; .7.

l* In lthe -WILLIAM KfIRNforsoroMoN, KANSAS. i

'z5 @Figure .lisa'vievv 'of the top-an'dubot-toin i lglatoh construction taken through 'La gateA and 1 illustrates the flateh andplteeper infface vlew. 1

said drawings, lfwhere filike 2 Vfrefer- L Doon Laren ence characters Aidentify1iCorresponding parts iii-fall; r `the figuresY and v in .orderi ito correlate the snnllar` parts fof the two types of e-glatches, one fori swinging; .closure-s and the? other for: sliding 1 closures7 laindieates' a flatehbar ,ivhficliis f* bent :so thatf-oneyend 2 Aomarlaps and lies parallel to,v an-intern'lediate @part of the bar 3,-,saidparts-being securely held lixed in Athisposition! yby means gol a bearing plate securely fastened;l to., the olosure. The -iln-termedlateportion,53eef Vthe barmayfbe or any deslredllelligth. (see-Fig- -openiug vf7, in 4thefclosiufeato forni Lan-y ope/rating-handle :for theoperation not, `the jlatoh ol' suitable vmaterial yand 'due' to ther; fact -tlijat relatedfto showthe exactgsimiilarity .off-opergaton, applicant will-novvfproeeed to describe .l ;:Refefling partieularlyto Figures 1;- to d inclusive, 1l'. indicates a Vswingingclosure portion'l-reeeiving theylatch; ,The freeend :of the 1ateh.loarLformsaV continuation o'fat-he portion/.3f thereofand ,passeslthrougli ,affsgut- 1z tlol'eslot 7- intheielosure l1t and-:thenjzumfay fextendupward-1y@ dwllwardly -llmllel t0 the door to forin, .an foperati'ngV handle a 17. i

Y .fTofprovde eonvenientfngeans for, locking kthe `closure fromthei outside `ard'ralsofto' gu'ardyithe Loperating.L haridle,v I17','tftij'olnj,cat'ch-A fingen:swinging-harness Strape'et'C-,tthe se-v the futsiffle atelS .Ehering I claim: l j *n l. rlhe combination 'with a. closure, of a vframe adapted to receive Said closure, aV

keeper secured to said traine, a latch adapted l to engage the keeper, said latch'loeing formed Y and a'rbearing plate securing said adjacent portione of the bar to the closure, a 'portion of said bar projecting through the opening in the closure to forman operating handle.

The combination with a closure, of aI frame. adapted to receive said closure, a keeper secured to said frame, a latch adapted to engagethe keeper, said latch being formed of a' continuous oar having' a plurality of portions of its length adjacent and parallel, a hearing plate securing said adjacent portions of the loar to the closure, a portion Yot said bar projecting through the opening in the closure lto form an operating handle, and means cooperating with said handle to prevent operation of the latch.

3. rlhe combination' with a closure, of aV trarne adaptedV to receive said closure, a4 keeper Secured to said frame, a latch adapted to engage the keeper, said latch being formed of a continuous bar havingfa plurality of portions of itslength adjacent and parallel,

anda bearing'plate securingsaid adjacent portions of the bar to the closure VWith `the latch extending at right angles to the eloeure, a portion of the bar projecting through ot' the door cooperating With the `cooperating .tion thereof. j

In Witness whereof I hereunto afHX .my

the opening in the door to Vtorni an operating handle.

t el. Thefcornhinatlon with. a closure, of a traine 'adapted to receive said closure, a.r

keeper secured to said frame, a lat'clradapted to-engage the keeper, saidlatch beingY iorined of a `continuous har having a plurality of portions of its .length adjacent'and paralleha bearing plate securing said adjaclosure, a portion of the har projecting through the opening 1n the vdoor to'forin an operating handle, andmeans on the exterior prevent operation of the latch.

5. Thev combination with a closure, ofa frame adapted tol .receive saidv closure,V a keeper secured to said frame, a latch adapted to engage the keeper, said latch being formed of a continuous bar having a'plurality of' portions of its length adapted and parallel, a bearing plate securing said adjacent p01*-,

tions Vof the bar to the closure With the latch extending at right'angles-to the closure, a portion ofthe bar projectingthrough the opening. in the door to form .an `operating handle, and means on the interior of the door v With-the latch to prevent operal Signature. t n ,l l/VILLIAM KIvRN.

'cent portions of ,theloar tothe closure with the -latch extending at right anglestoY the` Y 45 Vhandle .to c 

